Byurakan Observatory

Aragatsotn Province · Armenia

Byurakan Observatory, Armenia
Photo: Rita Willaert, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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An astronomical observatory on the southern slopes of Mount Aragats founded in the mid-twentieth century by Viktor Ambartsumian. It became a leading center for astrophysics research in the Soviet era and retains historic domed telescopes.

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